Donald Trump faces more than 60 lawsuits over claims that he owes money to hundreds of workers

Hundreds have accused Donald Trump of being a deadbeat. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Turns out The Donald is better known around the office as "The Deadbeat."

A large part of Donald Trump's appeal to voters lies in his incessant boastings about his business acumen.

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But the billionaire braggart's financial tactics appear to include stiffing hundreds of workers, real estate brokers, bartenders, and other employees, according to a new in-depth report by USA Today.

The newspaper uncovered over 60 lawsuits, some still pending, against the controversial Republican presidential candidate for labor violations or payment disputes.

The report uncovered hundreds of cases in which people working for the Trump organization say they were shortchanged or outright stiffed on payments for their work.

Dozens of bartenders and servers from various Trump resorts and golf courses say they were shortchanged on tips or overtime while working for the tycoon.

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The USA Today report also found 24 Fair Labor Act violations by the Trump Plaza casino and Trump Mortgage for failure to pay minimum wage or overtime and more than 200 liens filed by contractors and workers who said they were stiffed since the 1980s.

Records released by casino regulators in 1990 that show 253 subcontractors on a single project were not paid in full or on time.

Trump told USA Today that if someone wasn't paid, it's because their work wasn't up to snuff. And his daughter, Ivanka, agreed.

"We have hundreds of millions of dollars of construction projects underway," Ivanka Trump told the newspaper. "But it would be irresponsible if my father paid contractors who did lousy work. And he doesn't do that."